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FerrariTestarossa
Original 1984 model
- Power
- 390 CV
- 0–100
- 5.8 s
- Top speed
- 290 km/h
Photographs: TTTNIS, Public domain; JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0; Handelsgeselschaft, CC BY-SA 4.0; Johannes Maximilian, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative of the model.
Curator’s note
The flat-12 Ferrari with side strakes that became the poster car of the 1980s.
The Testarossa replaced the 512 BBi in 1984 with a wider, more refined mid-engined flat-12. Its 4.9-litre engine made 390 CV, and the long side strakes fed air to radiators moved from the nose to the flanks.
- Mid-mounted 4.9-litre flat-12
- Side strakes feeding side-mounted radiators
- Pininfarina design
- Red-painted cam covers that gave it its name
0–100 km/h5.8s100th of 140 · best 1.8 s
Top speed290km/h55th of 140 · best 420 km/h
Power385hp88th of 140 · best 1,888 hp
Torque490Nm94th of 140 · best 2,360 Nm
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The story
Ferrari Testarossa
Pininfarina styled the Testarossa around its cooling. Moving the radiators to the sides cleared space for luggage up front and kept heat out of the cabin, and the strakes over the intakes became the car’s signature.
The name, meaning ‘red head’, refers to the red cam covers and recalls the 250 Testa Rossa racing cars of the late 1950s. The 512 TR replaced it in 1991.
Character
Dimensions
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Early cars have a single high-mounted door mirror on the driver’s side.
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The strakes were needed in several markets to comply with rules on large body openings.
03
Ferrari built 9,939 cars across the Testarossa, 512 TR and F512 M.
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Weight figure is dry, without fluids.
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3D model "1984 Ferrari Testarossa (f110)" by Ddiaz Design (CC Attribution), via Sketchfab
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